Texas Unemployment Rate:

The Texas Unemployment rate measures the percentage of total employees in Texas that are part of the labor force, but are without a job. Unemployment rates for a large state like Texas give a good idea on the health of the economy. The Texas Unemployment rate most notably increased to 9.6% in 1986 due to a large number of commercial bank failures in the state.

Texas Unemployment Rate is at 3.40%, compared to 3.40% last month and 3.80% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 6.00%.